CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns walked away from Oregon coach Chip Kelly on Sunday afternoon because they weren't certain his heart was 100 percent into leaving the Ducks, a league source told the Plain Dealer.

Late Sunday the Browns' suspicions were confirmed when Kelly decided to stay at Oregon, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. In doing so, he left both the Browns and Eagles at the altar the same way he did last year at this time to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

With Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner committed to bringing a championship team to Cleveland, they weren't about to settle for anything less than a 100 percent commitment, the source said.

Realizing that Kelly, 49, was waffling on whether or not to jump to the NFL or stay with the Ducks for a fifth season, Haslam and Banner removed themselves from the running and flew home from Arizona -- where they had been camped out since Tuesday -- to restart their coaching search with his name scratched off the list.

Two names on the Browns' radar in their second wave of interviews are Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman, according to Jason Cole of Yahoo.com. Both are former Browns offensive assistants, with Arians serving as offensive coordinator under Butch Davis from 2001 to 2003 and Trestman tutoring Bernie Kosar in 1988-89. Arians was hospitalized with a possible virus during the AFC wild-card game Sunday and might need some time to recover before he can interview.

The Browns have also interviewed former Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton, fired Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt, Syracuse coach Doug Marrone, who was hired by the Bills, and Penn State's Bill O'Brien, who opted to stay at the university and received a raise in the process.

The Browns interviewed Marrone, 48, for a second time on Saturday night while they were waiting on Kelly. They may have interviewed others, but they're not revealing or confirming them. There's been plenty of speculation that Haslam will make a pitch for Alabama coach Nick Saban, who will coach the Crimson Tide Monday night in the BCS national championship game against Notre Dame, but Saban has insisted he's not leaving Alabama.

The Browns' exit from the Kelly sweepstakes left him to decide between the Eagles and staying at Oregon.

Even if Kelly had decided on the Eagles, the Browns were at peace with their decision, the source said, because they want a coach with no second thoughts about the job.

The Eagles also sensed that Kelly might slip away, because they left Arizona Sunday afternoon and flew to Denver, where they interviewed Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy. They're also set to interview Arians and Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. They were hoping to talk to Marrone before the Bills grabbed him.

Kelly also received heavy pressure to stay at Oregon from alum Phil Knight, the Nike chairman and co-founder, according to NFL.com's Ian Rappaport. Besides, he made no promises heading in.

"It's more a fact-finding mission, finding out if it fits or doesn't fit," Kelly said after the Ducks beat No. 7 Kansas State, 35-17. "I don't really have any preconceived notions about it."

On Friday, the Browns met with Kelly for seven hours and came close to reaching a deal, according to NFL.com. But Kelly opted to proceed with his interviews with the Bills and Eagles instead. The two sides agreed to meet again for dinner Saturday night, with the Browns lawyers on hand to complete the deal. Reportedly, Kelly told the Browns they were the front-runners.

He talked to the Bills Friday night, but they were never considered major players. The Eagles met him for lunch on Saturday, which set up a showdown between Banner and his former employer and boyhood friend, Eagles owner Jeff Lurie. But the lunch stretched into the dinner hour, and it's still unclear if the Browns met with him again that night.

By Sunday afternoon, the Browns had had enough and boarded their jet for home, where they'll regroup for round two. They reportedly liked Whisenhunt, who went 45-51 in six seasons as the Cardinals head coach. The Browns' special teams coach in 1999 under Chris Palmer, Whisenhunt led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl during the 2008 season, and was offensive coordinator of the Steelers (2004-06) when they won the Super Bowl in January 2006.

Arians, 60, who was fired by Davis here after the 2003 season, guided the Colts to a 9-3 record this season after coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia. He's also strongly endorsed by Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Trestman, who worked with Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden before the draft and thinks highly of him, will also interview with the Bears on Monday, according to reports. He's made numerous NFL stops and has worked with the likes of Super Bowl quarterbacks Steve Young and Rich Gannon.

Fortunately for Haslam, he was prepared for the coaching search to have its ups and downs.

"Our goal is to get the best person and if we happen to find that person within a week, that's great," he said Monday. "And if it takes a month, that's great also."

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